Bug#684781: nvidia-glx: exploitable privilege escalation

2012-08-13 Thread Salvatore Bonaccorso
Hi Andreas Only one additional information to your report: On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 09:27:44PM +0200, Andreas Beckmann wrote: > Package: nvidia-glx > Version: 195.36.31-6 > Severity: grave > Tags: security > Justification: user security hole > > There is another privilege escalation in the Nvidia

Bug#684781: nvidia-glx: exploitable privilege escalation

2012-08-13 Thread Andreas Beckmann
Package: nvidia-glx Version: 195.36.31-6 Severity: grave Tags: security Justification: user security hole There is another privilege escalation in the Nvidia binary driver. Nvidia Advisory: http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3140 Initial disclosure of the vulnerability: http://pe